CB6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ely and Littleport, in East Cambridgeshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CB6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 10% of people in CB6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB6 at a rate of 59.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 269 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (812), anti-social behaviour (498) and other crime (420).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB6 was 53.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in CB6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB6 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Cambridgeshire 001A | 1,402 | 57.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| East Cambridgeshire 001B | 2,286 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.6% |
| East Cambridgeshire 001C | 1,770 | 151.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.2% |
| East Cambridgeshire 001D | 1,365 | 166.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.5% |
| East Cambridgeshire 001F | 1,291 | 122.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.7% |
| East Cambridgeshire 001G | 1,793 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| East Cambridgeshire 002A | 1,561 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 75.5% |
| East Cambridgeshire 002B | 1,467 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.8% |
| East Cambridgeshire 002C | 1,417 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.6% |
| East Cambridgeshire 002D | 2,012 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
| East Cambridgeshire 002E | 2,015 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.3% |
| East Cambridgeshire 003A | 1,773 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| East Cambridgeshire 003D | 2,482 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.6% |
| East Cambridgeshire 003E | 1,903 | 116.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| East Cambridgeshire 003F | 1,613 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| East Cambridgeshire 003G | 1,410 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| East Cambridgeshire 004F | 2,010 | 16.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| East Cambridgeshire 004H | 2,405 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.3% |
| East Cambridgeshire 005A | 1,674 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.9% |
| East Cambridgeshire 005B | 1,463 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.8% |
| East Cambridgeshire 005C | 1,581 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.7% |
| East Cambridgeshire 005D | 1,303 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.3% |
| East Cambridgeshire 005E | 1,808 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.6% |
| East Cambridgeshire 005F | 2,450 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.4% |
MPs for CB6
- Charlotte CaneLiberal DemocratMP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire99% of CB6’s postcodes
- Terry JermyLabourMP for South West Norfolk0.7% of CB6’s postcodes
- Steve BarclayConservativeMP for North East Cambridgeshire0.1% of CB6’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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CB6 in brief
CB6 is a postcode district covering Ely and Littleport, in East Cambridgeshire.
About 42,827 people lived in CB6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £340,000 in 2025 across 603 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB6 was £340,000 in 2025.
CB6 had 40,418 usual residents at the census.
About 10% of people in CB6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB6, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.